The Suspicions Over the Anti-Gun Parkland Kids Grows

There is a growing suspicion about some of the kids from the high school in Parkland, Florida, that was beset by a mass murder. Some are questioning the kids who have been all over TV advocating for the end of our Second Amendment rights. They are saying these kids are not mere high school students, but are instead suspiciously well-trained activists.

On Tuesday, February 20, the controversial claim exploded across Florida politics with politicians such as Senator Marco Rubio chiming in to slam anyone who would doubt the kids’ sincerity.

The problem for Florida Republicans started when an aide to a Florida state rep. opined on the kids in a letter from his official email account.

According to Tampa Bay Times reporter Alex Leary, an aid to Florida State Representative Shawn Harrison (R, 63rd District) said two of the kids who have been advocating for anti-gun policies are not regular students who were just caught up in the waves of history, but are “actors” who were placed ahead of time to exploit a tragedy and to push an agenda.

This according to a note from Benjamin A. Kelly by way of Leary:

Here's the email. I asked for more information to back up the claim and was sent another email that linked to a YouTube conspiracy video. pic.twitter.com/VRSVOcjj3E

The note didn’t sit well with Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio Who lashed out saying, “Claiming some of the students on tv after #Parkland are actors is the work of a disgusting group of idiots with no sense of decency.”

Claiming some of the students on tv after #Parkland are actors is the work of a disgusting group of idiots with no sense of decency

Not long after Rubio attacked anyone doubting the students, State Rep. Harrison told constituents that the situation was being handled.

“I was just made aware that my aide made an insensitive and inappropriate allegation about Parkland students today,” Harrison tweeted. “I have spoken to him and placed him on leave until we determine an appropriate course of action. I do not share his opinion and he did so without my knowledge.”

I was just made aware that my aide made an insensitive and inappropriate allegation about Parkland students today. I have spoken to him and placed him on leave until we determine an appropriate course of action. I do not share his opinion and he did so without my knowledge.

Well, in one case at least, some are now saying that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, who has been appearing all over CNN, MSNBC, the Big Three networks, and even foreign media, is a plant. There is a lot of video proof that this kid has been an activist for some time.

“But now we learn Hogg was hanging out at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, GA sometime Before the school shooting. Before the shooting. Posing behind an news anchor desk?” the site wrote on February 20.

True Pundit also added a few photos to bolster the case.

Then, the conspiracy site InfoWars also noted the young Mr. Hogg has been in the news before. It appears that Hog was featured in a story from August of 2017 that occurred in Redondo Beach, California.

“CBS Los Angeles featured Hogg as the eyewitness and videographer of a testy encounter between Hogg, a veteran Redondo Beach, Calif., lifeguard and a surfer, who was reportedly Hogg’s friend, in August of 2017,” the site reported.

And there’s this video…

InfoWars went on to make several other assertions, and you can go look at their report and decide for yourself.

But one other bit of evidence about these kids also raises suspicions.

On his own Twitter account, another one of the Parkland teenagers noted that he and his fellow students are being coached on how to act in front of the media.

Student Cameron Kasky said that he isn’t worried about going off the anti-gun message because “we are practiced.”

“We’re not afraid of people trying to exploit us. We’ve practiced. We know their slimy tactics. Thankfully, most news networks we’ve worked with are interested in telling the right stories. I am eternally grateful for that. Keep an eye out,” he wrote on Twitter.

We’re not afraid of people trying to exploit us. We’ve practiced. We know their slimy tactics. Thankfully, most news networks we’ve worked with are interested in telling the right stories. I am eternally grateful for that. Keep an eye out. Thank you https://t.co/hoc2zl6PPS

Furthermore, they have been appearing on all sorts of venues from local to national, to international news media. They even appeared on TV well after midnight Florida time on a British show where it was morning there (Remember, London is about five hours ahead of Florida time).

This sort of mass media blanket doesn’t just happen by accident. It has to be orchestrated. So, who is acting as these kids’ booker? Who is coaching them? Why aren’t we being told who is handling these kids?

Now, I am not saying here that the kids have to be lying shills. They may well be 100 percent sincere. But the actions they are advocating for will affect the rights of every American. That being the case, don’t we have a right to some transparency here?

Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com and BigJournalsim.com along with all Breitbart News sites, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, and many, many others. He has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs across the country to discuss his news stories and current events and has appeared on TV networks such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, and various Chicago-based news programs.
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